Name: Jacob Sparrow: Demystifying Casting
Start: 2022-09-08T12:00:00.000Z
Location: Theatre Royal Haymarket, Stalls Bar

Jacob Sparrow:Demystifying Casting

Casting Director, Jacob Sparrow, laughing. Dressed in a blue shirt, with spectacles and mid-length brown hair.

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Date: 8 September 2022 at 13:00Archive Event
Time: 12 - 1.30pm
Venue: Theatre Royal Haymarket, Stalls Bar
Type: Creative Conversation

This ‘Demystifying Casting’ session will explore the role of the casting director and their process from casting breakdown to announcement. The session will offer vital insights into:

How Casting Directors use Spotlight, and how actors can use it to stand out from the crowd
How to get the most out of the meeting, once you finally get in the room
The key skills required to be an effective Casting Director.

A session for actors and for any members interested in entering the casting profession.

How to Apply

Please fill in this form to apply for a place. You will receive an email letting you know whether you have been offered a space by Friday 2 September.

Biography

Jacob worked in the National Theatre Casting Department from 2015 to 2019 before becoming a freelance Casting Director. Prior to working at the National Theatre, Jacob worked with Pippa Ailion Casting and Telsey and Company in New York, as well as alongside James Orange.

Selected Theatre includes:

Orlando (West End), Oklahoma! (Young Vic), The Good Person of Szechwan (ETT), Village Idiot (Nottingham Playhouse), You Bury Me (Bristol Old Vic), Black Love (Kiln Theatre), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Leeds/Home Manchester), Anna Karenina, Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Crucible), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2021 tour), Jitney (Old Vic/Headlong/Leeds Playhouse), Burn It Down (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Carousel, Our Town (Regents Park), LOVE, Faith, Hope and Charity (Dorfman/European tours), The Book Thief (Bolton Octagon), Wuthering Heights (Wise Children), Hungry (Soho Theatre), Perspectives (New Views), 2021 Roundabout Season (Paines Plough), City of Angels (Garrick), Hadestown, Pericles, Follies, Amadeus (all Olivier Theatre), LOVE (Dorfman/International Tour/Film), Queer Season, Rutherford and Son, Faith Hope and Charity, Mr Gum, Downstate (National Theatre).